Saturday, August 3, 2013

Video Highlights: Sri Lanka vs South Africa 1st T20 Match 2013

Watch Sri Lanka vs South Africa 1st T20 Highlights in Good Quality of T20 Series 2013 Played on 2nd August, 2013. Watch Sri vs SA 1st T20 Match Cricket Highlights 2013. Sri Lanka vs South Africa 1st T20 Highlights 2013 in High Quality Online will be available after the Match.

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Sri Lanka vs South Africa, 1st T20I, Colombo - August 2, 2013
South Africa won the toss, and elected to bat first
South Africa: 115/6 (20.0 Ovs)
Sri Lanka: 103/9 (20.0 Ovs)
South Africa won by 12 runs
Man of the Match Jean-Paul Duminy

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Amanda Bynes Denied Request To Leave Psychiatric Hold

Bynes' request to leave her 5150 hold early was denied by a judge on Thursday, according to a new report.
By Jocelyn Vena

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1711693/amanda-bynes-denied-5150-psychiatric-hold-release.jhtml

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Surprising win brings hope to some California Republicans

A conservative activist believes California can once again be Republican if the GOP is careful to send the right message.

With a Republican's recent win in a Democrat and Hispanic county, Republicans in the Golden State feel a new hope that the party can once again secure California. Democrat runner Leticia Perez lost the Senate seat to Republican farmer Andy Vidak, who courted and won much of the Hispanic vote in California's central valley. Democrats have secured both houses of the state Legislature, but Republicans say the party's new lows are allowing the GOP to come back stronger than ever. Martha Flores-Gibson is a candidate for the Long Beach City Council.

Flores Gibson, Martha (R-CA)"I believe the GOP is on its rise up,? Flores-Gibson says. ?With the GOP, the only way it can go is up ??it can't go down because they have continually gotten hit on various issues."

She asserts that Republicans must re-coin the term "democracy" if they want to win the Hispanic vote.

"When you look at the Hispanic population ??let's look at the Hispanics in California ??they're very conservative in every area; however, they are really confused about democracy ? so the term is very confusing,? she explains. ?However, when you have them one small group at a time, or even one person at a time, you get their vote because they believe that if they work hard, they are going to get ahead."

The state's newly elected GOP Chairman Jim Brulte said it is possible for California to become Republican again. Republicans are depending on Brulte's experience to help them win seats and rebuild the party.

Source: http://www.onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2013/08/02/surprising-win-brings-hope-to-some-california-republicans

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Friday, August 2, 2013

Dot Earth Blog: Google?s Science Fellows Challenge the Company?s Fund-Raising for Senator Inhofe

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Scientists who were once invited to Google to discussion climate science communication now communication their anger about the company?s fund-raiser for Senator James Inhofe. ? ? ? ? ...

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Stocks open higher; S&P 500 cracks 1700-point barrier

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Stocks soared to fresh closing highs on Thursday, one day before the government releases critical jobs figures that could help determine whether the economy is healthy enough for the Federal Reserve to begin to slow down its stimulus package.

The rally, in which the S&P 500 went through the 1,700-point level for the first time, was sparked by a plethora of upbeat economic data ahead of the widely-watched jobs report set for Friday morning.

Analysts polled by Reuters expect to see a gain of 184,000 jobs in July, after a 195,000 uptick in the previous month.?

(Read more:?July jobs report key to Fed action)

"The jobs numbers have been decent as of late, but the problem is the quality of employment," said Lance Roberts, chief economist at StreetTalk Advisors. "There's also clearly a divergence between the stock market and real economy and that's because of the artificial stimulus from the Fed.

"The problem is that they're not seeing that stimulus being translated into the economy so the worry we should have is that we're inflating valuations and the issue of potentially blowing an asset bubble is very real."

On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve?declined to signal when it would start tapering its bond-buying program, which has buoyed the markets. However, it did raise concerns about rising mortgage rates and flagged the risks of inflation falling too far below its target. In addition, the central bank slightly downgraded its outlook for economic growth.

But several reports on Thursday boosted the views of many analysts that the economy is getting healthier. Weekly jobless claims?dropped to a 5-1/2 year low, according to the Labor Department. And the number of planned layoffs at U.S. firms?declined modestly in July, with employers announcing 37,701 cuts last month, down 4.2 percent from June, according to the report from consultants Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

In another positive sign, the pace of growth in the U.S. manufacturing sector accelerated in July to the?highest level since June 2011 as new orders surged, according to the Institute for Supply Management.?

The positive economic data have stimulated the stock markets recently. Major stock averages closed out their?best July since 2010 on Wednesday and so far this year, the Dow and S&P 500 have spiked more than 19 percent, while the Nasdaq has surged an impressive 21 percent.

On Thursday, the?Dow Jones Industrial Average spiked to close 128 points higher and set a fresh all-time high of 15,650.69, lifted by Bank of America and P&G. ExxonMobil was among the few Dow components in the red.

The?S&P 500 and the?Nasdaq both put on 1 percent, with the S&P 500 piercing the 1700 barrier to close at 1706.87. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, slid below 13.

All key S&P sectors closed in positive territory, led by financials and industrials.

"The rising asset prices will help instill confidence and that will breed more confidence," said Matthew Kaufler, portfolio manager of the Clover Value Fund at Federated.?

"However, we've had a great run in the market and at some point there will be a correction in the near point?still, my sense would be that there's enough momentum that we'll end the year up a few percentage points higher than where we currently are."

(Read more:Short the S&P atall-time highs? Absolutely!)

Asian stocks rallied after China's official PMI (purchasing manager's index) data showed the country's manufacturing sector continued to expand in July, defying forecasts of a contraction. But the picture was mixed, with a private gauge of factory activity by HSBC showing an 11-month low of 47.7 in July. Japan's Nikkei rallied to a one-month peak on the news, the Shanghai Composite hit a one-week high and South Korea's Kospi touched a seven-week high.

"Official PMI is more skewed to larger companies, and the HSBC figure reflects the smaller companies and that is where you get this divergence," said Frederic Neumann, co-head of Asian economics research at HSBC.

(Read more: Will China PMI mark the end of negative data surprises?)

In Europe, the European Central Bank kept its main interest rate unchanged at a record low of 0.5 percent, and reiterated that rates would remain at present or lower levels for an extended period of time.

"Labor market conditions remain weak. Looking ahead to the remainder of the year and 2014, euro area growth should benefit from a gradual recovery in global demand," said ECB president Mario Draghi in a press conference following the announcement. "Our monetary policy stance remains accommodative for as long as necessary. We have unanimously confirmed the forward guidance we gave last time."

Euro zone manufacturing activity grew for the first time in two years in July, with the purchasing manager's index (PMI) climbing to 50.3 in July. A reading above 50 indicates an expansion.

And the Bank of England left its interest rates unchanged at 0.5 percent, as expected, under its new governor, Mark Carney.

(Read more:July jobs report key to Fed action)

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Man Repays $500,000 in Insurance Money With 4 Tons of Quarters

When Roger Herrin learned that a court had ordered him to repay $500,000 he had received in insurance payments for the death of his son, he decided to protest the order in an unusual way: he paid approximately a third of the money back in quarters, which, altogether, weighed nearly four tons.

Herrin's 15-year-old son, Michael, was killed in a car accident in 2001. Because Michael was the only one of the four passengers in the car who died, Herrin received the bulk of the $800,000 settlement from the car's insurance. Herrin also received $1.65 million in other insurance payments as a result of his son's death.

The other crash victims and their families contested the ruling, and a legal battle continued between the families until an appellate court ordered Herrin to refund his share to increase the other families' take

"They can have all the money in the world, and I'd take my son back,? Herrin told WSIL. ?To support, my deceased son and ex-wife, I have to fight it to the very end, and this is the final end.?

The 7,500 pounds of quarters were packed in 50 pound, transparent bags, and transported from the Federal Reserve in St. Louis to the law offices of the attorneys representing the other families on a flatbed truck and in an armored truck. Naturally, the attorneys receiving the quarters weren't pleased.

"We've been on pins and needles because we had a lot of cash suddenly laying around [and] it was publicized," Mark Prince, an attorney for the car's driver and her son, said. "We don't have safes or vaults, and we lock our front door. Advance notice would have been nice, because we could have made arrangements to have it delivered to the bank."

Not that Herrin regrets the inconvenience he caused. "I really wanted to do it in pennies,? he told NBC News.

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To contact the author of this post, email taylor@gawker.com

Source: http://gawker.com/man-repays-500-000-in-insurance-money-with-4-tons-of-995380125

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

'Fosters' to air TV's first post-DOMA wedding

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"The Fosters" on ABC Family will feature the first gay TV wedding since the Supreme Court ruled.

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Stef (Teri Polo) and Lena (Sherri Saum) walk down the aisle on "The Fosters" in TV's first gay wedding since DOMA was struck down.

On the historic day this summer that Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo were married in Los Angeles and Kristin Perry and Sandy Stier exchanged vows in San Francisco, a similar wedding took place in the backyard of a house in Long Beach, Calif.

The third nuptials belonged to fictional characters Stef Foster and Lena Adams of ?The Fosters??TV?s first gay characters to say ?I do? since the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act. The ABC Family drama?s creators, Bradley Bredeweg and Peter Paige, credit ?universal synergy? with the impeccable timing of the filming of the garden ceremony on June 28, the same day two of the couples challenging Prop 8 in California (which bans gay marriage) became legally wed.

The wedding is part of the show?s first season finale, which airs on Aug. 5.

?I will never forget that day when Peter and I were sitting behind the monitors in our directors? chairs, just looking at the wedding on screen and looking at each other realizing what happened here on this day,? Bredeweg said. ?There were tears, there were hands being held. It was just quite a celebration of the show, of what was happening historically for gay and lesbian couples. It was beautiful.?

Stef and Lena's is certainly not the first same-sex marriage on television. Although NBC's "Friends" received a lot of kudos for its lesbian wedding in 1996, two other sitcoms had already broken that ground. The first show to feature a gay wedding was Fox's "Roc" which showed a ceremony between two men; "Roseanne" followed suit in 1995.

In anticipation of the Supreme Court ruling in June, the script for "The Fosters" finale called for a wedding ? no matter what the higher court decided, said Paige, who is best known for his role on Showtime's ?Queer as Folk," which also featured two gay weddings. But it was ?an incredible moment,? Paige said, to shoot Stef?s (Teri Polo) and Lena?s (Sherri Saum) wedding within the context of real marriages taking place in the state for the first time in five years.

?From our earliest conversations, we were going to have a wedding,? Paige said. ?We thought if Prop 8 goes the way of the Fosters, it would be fantastic to be the first legal wedding in California on television after the decision. If it doesn't go our way, then it?s an opportunity to make a statement that no matter what anybody says we won?t be bowed.?

But that?s not the only statement ?The Fosters? is making. The family drama also stands out in the TV landscape as the first show to depict foster care from the point of view of the parents, the children already living in the house and the new ones joining the family. Stef and Lena are raising Stef?s biological son from a previous marriage, two Latino children they fostered and later adopted; and two new siblings they have taken into their home.

With other shows, like "Modern Family" and "The New Normal," paving the way in terms of portraying gay parenting, Bredeweg and Paige decided their non-traditional family would be headed by a lesbian couple instead of two gay men. They chose to set it in the world of foster care after Paige participated in federally funded study about LGBT youth in foster care.

?It?s sort of amazing to me that it hasn?t been done,? Paige said, who sits on the board of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center. ?Being a kid is so difficult but being a kid who is completely unmoored, I don?t know how you survive. Certainly, it?s been done before as far as having foster kids as characters, but it?s always backstory. I don?t think we?ve ever truly explored in the moment what it?s like to be a foster child. Usually, the foster kid in Hollywood is the bad seed. We?ve just been so moved and impassioned by what we?ve heard from these foster kids, that it has to be told.?

Executive producer Joanna Johnson, a white lesbian mother with a Latino wife and two adopted biracial children, runs the show and mines her life for story ideas. It seems to be working. With 2.5 million total viewers, ?The Fosters? is summer?s top cable series among 12-to-34-year-olds. (The network's core demographic is 14-34). It?s also shaping up as the network?s fourth highest-rated series of all time. The show will return in January with new episodes, ABC Family announced on Tuesday.

?When we go online and we read the tweets and we listen to the way kids are responding to the show and their parents are responding to the show, they?ve just embraced the family more than we ever expected,? Bredeweg said. ?Yes, we have two women standing at the front of our household, but we?re dealing with the exact same issues like any other family in America or most of the world. People are accessing our family just as their family. For us, it?s such a joy to see that happening.?

That sense of satisfaction will increase exponentially when the wedding episode airs, said the show?s creators who are both gay. ?When I was 15, the age of what probably makes up the bulk of our viewing audience, I didn?t believe there was any possibility ? it didn?t even enter my frame of reference ? that one day I would be able to get married,? Paige said. ?For me, it was a profound healing moment.?

Bredeweg got married in Los Angeles before Prop 8 passed five years ago.

?I had a backyard wedding much like Lena and Stef amongst friends and family, and it was one of the most important days so far in my life,? he said. ?To sit there with Peter next to me and watch this happen and to know we can all do this again, it was such a real thing. It was hard to wrap our head around at first. But then it just became a celebration because, to me, it was a day that we never thought would come so quickly and now that it?s here, it was overwhelming.?

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/entertainment/fosters-air-tvs-first-gay-wedding-doma-6C10786436

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Pre-caffeine tech: Future tech, Pee Wee Herman

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Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.

A British lawmaker who was subjected to rape and death threats on Twitter has said those responsible should be prosecuted in the name of free speech.

Meanwhile, the United Nations investigators hoped they would get some help from Facebook when they asked to see information on suspected pirates operating in Somalia. But Facebook refused.

Oh! And guess what: A federal court once again found that? cops don?t need a warrant for cellphone location data.

And that Bradley Manning verdict? Still bad news for the press?

Divided as we may be on the right and wrong places to wear Google Glass, that tech is also reaching our four-legged friends.

Amazon's popular Kindle Fire tablets are slated for a major update say anonymous sources: New screens, better build quality, and an internal overhaul should bring the devices more in line with the latest from Google and Apple.

Speaking of Apple, here's a patent that reveals a three-lens, three-sensor iPhone camera.

And Microsoft patented a futuristic transparent laptop display.

Tom Friedman a modern-day Ayn Rand? Regarding his recent AirBnB column, "the NY Times columnist idealizes the Internet's winner-take-all economy while overlooking real-world concerns."

In closing: A Dark, Brilliant Short Film? Starring Pee Wee Herman.

Compiled by Helen A.S. Popkin, who invites you to join her on Twitter and/or Facebook.

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